18The two of them made a covenant before the Lord . Then Jonathan went home, but David remained at Horesh.


In Context

15 While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that Saul had come out to take his life.

16 And Saul's son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God.

17 "Don't be afraid," he said. "My father Saul will not lay a hand on you. You will be king over Israel, and I will be second to you. Even my father Saul knows this."

18 The two of them made a covenant before the Lord . Then Jonathan went home, but David remained at Horesh.

19 The Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, "Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon?

20 Now, O king, come down whenever it pleases you to do so, and we will be responsible for handing him over to the king."

1st Samuel 23:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:18And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:18And the two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood: but Jonathan returned to his house.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:18And they two made a covenant before Jehovah: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:18And they two made a covenant before Jehovah; and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:18And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:18And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:18They both made a covenant before Yahweh: and David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his house.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:18And they make a covenant both of them before Jehovah; and David abideth in the forest, and Jonathan hath gone to his house.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:18And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David stayed in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.